Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

Digitized materials from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA) are available in SLA's Digital Library and this corresponding Internet Archive smithsonian collection, which generally excludes natural history subject areas. SLA's digitized natural history materials can be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and in the equivalent Internet Archive biodiversity collection.

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

109,733 110K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 109,733

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Title from daisen on cover
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

82,113 82K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 82,113

favorite 519

comment 0

Title from daisen on cover
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

53,636 54K

Hamonshū

1903 1903

by Mori, Yūzan, -1917

eye 53,636

favorite 348

comment 0

Title from daisen on cover
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Themes, motives, Waves in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

69,812 70K

The grammar of ornament

1856 1856

by Jones, Owen, 1809-1874; Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894; Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875; Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893; Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir, 1820-1877; Sky Meadow Bindery, binder. DSI

eye 69,812

favorite 969

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statement of responsibility: by Owen Jones; illustrated by examples from various styles of ornament. One hundred folio plates, drawn on stone by F. Bedford, and printed in colours by Day and Son
( 3 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Design

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

76,087 76K

Shin-bijutsukai

1000 1000

eye 76,087

favorite 440

comment 1

Description based on surrogate of: 1901 (monthly issues bound together subsequent to publication)
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Artists, Decoration and ornament -- Japan -- Periodicals, Artists -- Japan...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

30,814 31K

The Art of knitting

1892 1892

by Butterick Publishing Company

eye 30,814

favorite 315

comment 1

154 p. : 28 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Knitting

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

22,576 23K

Embroidery hints: Fall and Winter 1910

1910 1910

by New York Embroidery House

eye 22,576

favorite 209

comment 0

Cover title
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,052 9.1K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 9,052

favorite 163

comment 1

Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

44,850 45K

An embroidery pattern book

1917 1917

by Waring, Mary E

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viii, 171 p. : 22 cm
( 3 reviews )
Topic: Embroidery

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262,095 262K

America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the New World : containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither : the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru, and other large provinces and territories, with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions : their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the Arctick region

1671 1671

by Ogilby, John, 1600-1676; Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683

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statement of responsibility: collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures by John Ogilby

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

32,389 32K

Shin-bijutsukai

1000 1000

eye 32,389

favorite 195

comment 0

Description based on surrogate of: 1901 (monthly issues bound together subsequent to publication)
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Artists, Decoration and ornament -- Japan -- Periodicals, Artists -- Japan...

Biodiversity Heritage Library

19,705 20K

La plante et ses applications ornementales

1896 1896

by Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917; Verneuil, M. P. (Maurice Pillard), 1869-1942, ill

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favorite 367

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statement of responsibility: sous la direction de M. Eugène Grasset
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Flowers in art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

22,969 23K

The Jahangirnama : memoirs of Jahangir, Emperor of India

1999 1999

by Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627; Thackston, W. M. (Wheeler McIntosh), 1944-

eye 22,969

favorite 21

comment 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 480-482) and index
Topic: Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

32,103 32K

American Indian painters; a biographical directory

1968 1968

by King, Jeanne Snodgrass, 1927-

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favorite 15

comment 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-269)
Topics: Indians of North America, Indian art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,675 3.7K

The moon hoax; or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings

1859 1859

by Locke, Richard Adams, 1800-1871; Nicollet, J. N. (Joseph Nicolas), 1786-1843

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statement of responsibility: By Richard Adams Locke
Topics: Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871, Moon hoax

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,781 9.8K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 9,781

favorite 183

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Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,973 10.0K

Hobbs's architecture: containing designs and ground plans for villas, cottages and other edifices, both suburban and rural, adapted to the United States. With rules for criticism, and introduction

1876 1876

by Hobbs, Isaac H., and son, Philadelphia

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favorite 90

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xii, [9]-265 p. incl. front., illus., plates, plans. 24 cm
Topic: Architecture, Domestic

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

34,472 34K

Handbook of marks on pottery & porcelain

1909 1909

by Burton, William, 1863-; Hobson, R. L. (Robert Lockhart), 1872-1941

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"Works of reference consulted": p. [xii]
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Pottery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

23,973 24K

Among the Ibos of Nigeria, an account of the curious & interesting habits, customs, & beliefs of a little known African people by one who has for many years lived amongst them on close & intimate terms

1921 1921

by Basden, George Thomas, 1873-1944

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favorite 49

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315, [1] p. incl. front. 23 cm
Topic: Igbo (African people)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

5,242 5.2K

The signs and symbols of primordial man; being an explanation of the evolution of religious doctrines from the eschatology of the ancient Egyptians

1910 1910

by Churchward, Albert

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xxiii, 449, [1] p. 26 cm
Topics: Freemasons, Symbolism, Eschatology, Religion

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,810 7.8K

American silversmiths and their marks, III

1948 1948

by Ensko, Stephen Guernsey Cook, 1896-1969

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favorite 13

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Maps show location of silversmiths in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, 1660 to 1800
Topics: Silversmiths, Hallmarks, Silverwork

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

9,273 9.3K

Japanese marks and seals

1882 1882

by Bowes, James Lord, 1834-1899

eye 9,273

favorite 30

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3 p., l., [v]-ix, [2] p., 1 l., 379 p. 29 cm
Topics: Pottery, Pottery, Japanese

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,356 7.4K

Slave songs of the United States

1867 1867

by Allen, William Francis, 1830-1889; Ware, Charles Pickard, 1840-1921; Garrison, Lucy McKim, 1842-1877

eye 7,356

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Unaccompanied melodies
( 2 reviews )
Topics: African Americans, Folk music, Folk songs, English, Spirituals (Songs), Slaves

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

12,369 12K

Alphabets old and new, for the use of craftsmen

1910 1910

by Day, Lewis Foreman, 1845-1910

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favorite 169

comment 1

xxx, 256 p. : 20 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Alphabets

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

16,804 17K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 16,804

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

25,519 26K

A list of early American silversmiths and their marks

1917 1917

by French, Hollis, 1868-1940; Walpole Society (U.S.)

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favorite 19

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At head of title: The Walpole society
Topics: Silverwork, Hallmarks

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,163 6.2K

Gothic alphabets

1897 1897

by Springer, Jaro, 1856-1915; International Chalcographical Society

eye 6,163

favorite 226

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Also published in German in the same year: Gothische Alphabete
Topics: Alphabets, Lettering, Initials, Illumination of books and manuscripts, E. S., Meister, active 15th...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,608 14K

Annals of the Smithsonian Institution

1994 1994

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 13,608

favorite 0

comment 0

Produced from electronic files provided by the bureaus and offices of the Smithsonian Institution
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,745 6.7K

The Decorator's assistant

1847 1847

eye 6,745

favorite 137

comment 0

Volume title pages, -v. 3, The decorator's assistant and weekly record of painting, sculpture, popular science &ct.; v. 4-5, The decorator's assistant
Topics: Design, Decoration and ornament, Art

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

11,606 12K

Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V ... : Appendix habet comparationem huius operis cum Harmonices Cl. Ptolemaei libro III, cumque Roberti de Fluctibus, dicti Flud. medici oxoniensis speculationibus Harmonicis, operi de Macrocosmo & microcosmo insertis. Accessit nunc propter cognationem materiae eiusdem authoris liber ante 23. annos editus Tubingae, cui titulus Prodromus, seu Mysterium cosmographicum, de causis coelorum numeri, proportionis motuumque periodicorum, ex quinque corporibus regularibus ..

1619 1619

by Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; Ptolemy, 2nd cent; Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637; Tambach, Gottfried, fl. 1607-1632, publisher; Planck, Johann, fl. 1615-1627, printer; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 11,606

favorite 40

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Books 1-2 and books 3-5 are paged continuously
Topics: Geometry, Music

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,106 3.1K

O le tusi paia o le Feagaiga Tuai ma le Feagaiga Fou lea, ua faasamoaina

1872 1872

eye 3,106

favorite 2

comment 0

2 p. l., 1113, [1] p. 23 cm
Topic: Bible. Samoan. 1872

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3,960 4.0K

The workwoman's guide : containing instructions to the inexperienced in cutting out and completing those articles of wearing apparel, &c. which are ususally made at home : also, explanations on upholstery, straw- platting, bonnet-making, knitting, &c.

1838 1838

by Lady, active 1838, author

eye 3,960

favorite 130

comment 0

viii, 303, [1] pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of plates : 29 cm
Topics: Sewing, Knitting, Dressmaking -- Pattern design, Tailoring -- Pattern design

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,251 7.3K

Examples of English medieval foliage and coloured decoration, taken from buildings of the twelfth to the fifteenth century: with descriptive letterpress

1874 1874

by Colling, James Kellaway

eye 7,251

favorite 120

comment 0

vii, 72 p. 32 cm
Topics: Decoration and ornament, Church decoration and ornament, Decoration and ornament, Medieval,...

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6,473 6.5K

The red man's rebuke

1893 1893

by Pokagon, Simon, 1830-1899; World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

eye 6,473

favorite 16

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statement of responsibility: by Chief Pokagon
( 2 reviews )
Topics: Indians of North America, Indians, Treatment of

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

21,033 21K

Annals of the Smithsonian Institution

1994 1994

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 21,033

favorite 1

comment 0

Produced from electronic files provided by the bureaus and offices of the Smithsonian Institution
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,163 7.2K

A dictionary of the Numípu or Nez Perce language

1895 1895

by Morvillo, Anthony, author; Scott, H. L., former owner. DSI; St. Ignatius Mission Print, publisher

eye 7,163

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Attributed to Anthony Morvillo
Topics: Nez Percé language, English language

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

1,752 1.8K

English and Muskokee dictionary. : Collected from various sources and rev.

1914 1914

by Loughridge, R. M. (Robert McGill), 1809-1900

eye 1,752

favorite 3

comment 0

236 p. : 20 cm
Topics: English language -- Dictionaries -- Creek, Creek language -- Dictionaries -- English

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,397 13K

Dictionnaire des marques et monogrammes des faiences, poteries, grès, terre de pipe, terre cuite, porcelaines, etc. : anciennes et modernes ...

1879 1879

by Ris-Paquot, 1835-

eye 13,397

favorite 21

comment 0

Includes index
Topics: Pottery, Porcelain, Monograms

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,250 13K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 13,250

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

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9,978 10.0K

Ships, sea songs and shanties

1913 1913

by Whall, W. B; Whall, R. H

eye 9,978

favorite 69

comment 1

( 1 reviews )
Topic: Sea songs

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,544 4.5K

L'art arabe

1893 1893

by Gayet, Albert Jean, 1856-

eye 4,544

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Series title also at head of t.-p
Topics: Islamic art, Art, Arab

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

14,322 14K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 14,322

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,111 4.1K

The Boston cooking-school cook book

1918 1918

by Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915; Boston Cooking School (Boston, Mass.)

eye 4,111

favorite 34

comment 0

xv, 656 p. 20 cm
Topic: Cooking, American

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,736 4.7K

Flowers from Shakespeare's garden : a posy from the plays

1909 1909

by Crane, Walter, 1845-1915; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

eye 4,736

favorite 188

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statement of responsibility: pictured by Walter Crane
Topics: Flowers in literature, Flowers in art, Illustrated books, History, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,704 4.7K

Color problems; a practical manual for the lay student of color

1903 1903

by Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes, 1842-1939

eye 4,704

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comment 0

Bibliography: p. 133-137

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16,479 16K

Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office

1920 1920

by United States. Patent Office

eye 16,479

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Vols. for 1966- issued in 2 pts: pt. 1, List of patentees; pt. 2, Index to subjects of invention
Topic: Patents

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,622 8.6K

La dentelle renaissance

1920 1920

by Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890

eye 8,622

favorite 45

comment 0

Includes transfer patterns

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,362 13K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 13,362

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

16,197 16K

Smithsonian year ... supplement : chronology and appendices

1985 1985

by Smithsonian Institution

eye 16,197

favorite 0

comment 0

Supplement to: Smithsonian year, 1985-
Topic: Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,788 6.8K

Encompassing the globe : Portugal and the world in the 16th & 17th centuries

2007 2007

by Levenson, Jay A; Curto, Diogo Ramada; Turner, Jack, 1968-; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution); National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

eye 6,788

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition, June 24-September 16, 2007, organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in partnership with the National Museum of African Art
Topics: Discoveries in geography, History, Modern

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

20,096 20K

Plans, elevations, sections, and details of the Alhambra, from drawings taken on the spot in 1834 by Jules Goury, and in 1834 and 1837 by Owen Jones

1842 1842

by Goury, Jules, 1803-1834; Jones, Owen, 1809-1874; Gayangos, Pascual de, 1809-1897

eye 20,096

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Design Digitized: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Library’s Rare Books, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, was supported in part by funds from the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) through the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases Program
( 4 reviews )
Topic: Alhambra (Granada, Spain)

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,253 6.3K

Military and all metal buttons : army, navy, police, fire department, school and livery ..

1900 1900

by Waterbury Button Company (Waterbury, Conn.)

eye 6,253

favorite 27

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Cover title: Illustrated catalogue, Waterbury Button Company, Waterbury, Conn
Topic: Buttons

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,495 6.5K

Madame Goubaud's guipure patterns and instructions

1870 1870

by Goubaud, Adolphe, Madame

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Running title: Guipure d'art
Topic: Battenberg lace

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,359 10K

Album de guipure d'Irlande

1900 1900

by Hardouin, G; Manufacture Parisienne des Cotons L.V. et M.F.A

eye 10,359

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Cover title
Topics: Irish crochet lace, Lace and lace making

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

16,185 16K

Cross-stitch embroidery

1899 1899

by Wilkie, Harriet Cushman

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favorite 163

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48 p. 28 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Embroidery

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

7,813 7.8K

A companion to Manual of illumination : containing borders, capitals, texts, and detail finishings, & c

- -

by Laing, J. J; Bradley, John William, 1830-1916. Manual of illuminations

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16th thousand
Topic: Illumination of books and manuscripts

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,149 6.1K

Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire

2009 2009

eye 6,149

favorite 19

comment 0

317 p. : 28 cm
Topics: Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 -- Exhibitions, Mongols -- History -- To 1500 -- Exhibitions, Mongols --...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

2,475 2.5K

$Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light : also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures$

Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light : also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures

1704 1704

by Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; Hemming, G.W., former owner. DSI; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Signatures: pi² A-S⁴ 2A-2B⁴ 2D-2S⁴ 2T⁴ (2T₁+chi₁;± 2T₂) 2U-3D⁴
Topic: Optics

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,875 6.9K

Album de filet brodé

1900 1900

by Hardouin, G

eye 6,875

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Cover title
Topics: Netting, Fancy work

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,945 3.9K

The Palmer method of business writing : a series of self-teaching lessons in rapid, plain, unshaded, coarse-pen, muscular movement writing for use in all schools, public or private, where an easy and legible handwriting is the object sought; also for the home learner

1915 1915

by Palmer, A. N. (Austin Norman), 1859-1927

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96 pages : 15 x 24 cm
( 1 reviews )
Topics: Penmanship, Study and teaching, Penmanship -- Study and teaching

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

2,906 2.9K

Su[m]ma de arithmetica geometria proportioni [et] proportionalita

1494 1494

by Pacioli, Luca, approximately 1445-1517; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Title from incipit
Topics: Mathematics, Arithmetic, Geometry, Ratio and proportion, Incunabula

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

8,739 8.7K

Modern cabinetwork, furniture & fitments; an account of the theory & practice in the production of all kinds of cabinetwork & furniture, with chapters on the growth and progress of design and construction;

1910 1910

by Wells, Percy A; Hooper, John

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Part of the plates printed on both sides
Topics: Cabinetwork, Furniture

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,923 6.9K

Atlas of the Munsell color system

1915 1915

by Munsell, A. H. (Albert Henry), 1858-1918

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Cover title
( 1 reviews )
Topic: Color

Biodiversity Heritage Library

6,718 6.7K

Kunstformen der Natur

1899 1899

by Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919; Bibliographisches Institut (Leipzig, Germany)

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statement of responsibility: von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel
Topic: Natural history

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

13,818 14K

Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office

1920 1920

by United States. Patent Office

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Vols. for 1966- issued in 2 pts: pt. 1, List of patentees; pt. 2, Index to subjects of invention
Topic: Patents

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

20,591 21K

The architecture of A. Palladio, in four books : containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building : as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights : to which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before

1715 1715

by Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580; Leoni, Giacomo, ca. 1686-1746; Jones, Inigo, 1573-1652; Hewitt, Abram S. (Abram Stevens), 1822-1903, donor. DSI; Dubois, Nicholas, ca. 1665-1735

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statement of responsibility: revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni ... ; translated from the Italian original
Topic: Architecture

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

23,976 24K

Nigerian artists : a who's who and bibliography

1993 1993

by Kelly, Bernice M; Stanley, Janet L; Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. National Museum of African Art Branch

eye 23,976

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Includes indexes
Topics: Artists, Art, Nigerian

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

17,201 17K

Index of patents issued from the United States Patent Office

1920 1920

by United States. Patent Office

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Vols. for 1966- issued in 2 pts: pt. 1, List of patentees; pt. 2, Index to subjects of invention
Topic: Patents

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

627 627

[Illustrations of ships and maritime subjects, taken from the Encyclopédie méthodique]

1787 1787

by Blondeau, Etienne-Nicolas

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1 portfolio (156 [i.e. 158], XVI leaves of plates (some folded)) : 30 cm
Topics: Naval architecture, Pictorial works, Naval art and science, Naval architecture -- Designs and...

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

6,651 6.7K

Le filet-Richelieu

1800 1800

by Dillmont, Thérèse de, 1846-1890

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Cover title
Topic: Lace and lace making

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

10,121 10K

The embroiderer's book of design : containing initials, emblems, cyphers, monograms, ornamental borders, ecclesiastical devices, mediæval and modern alphabets, and national emblems

1891 1891

by Delamotte, F. (Freeman), 1814-1862

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favorite 151

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19 leaves : 16 x 25 cm
Topics: Embroidery, Alphabets

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

924 924

The wonders of the invisible world. Being an account of the tryals of several witches lately executed in New England. To which is added, A farther account of the tryals of the New-England witches

1862 1862

by Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728

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xvi, 291 p. 18 cm
Topic: Witchcraft -- New England

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Sylvia's book of macramé lace : containing illustrations of many new and original designs, with complete instructions for working, choice of materials, and suggestions for their adaptation

1890 1890

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p. 289-416 : 19 cm
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The Inland architect and news record

1887 1887

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44 v. : 34 cm
Topics: Architecture, Building, Architecture -- Periodicals, Building -- Periodicals

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Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art

1852 1852

by Heck, J. G. (Johann Georg), -1857; Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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statement of responsibility: Systematically arranged by J.G. Heck. Translated from the German, with additions, and edited by Spencer F. Baird ... illustrated by five hundred steel plates, containing upwards of twelve thousand engravings
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Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

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The Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA) is an international system of 21 branch libraries and an institutional archives. Consisting of locations in Washington, D.C., New York, and the Republic of Panama, our library collections include over two million volumes in subjects ranging from art to zoology. Consisting of more than forty-four thousand cubic feet, our archival records chronicle the growth and development of the Smithsonian throughout its history.

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Addeddate: 2009-08-03 20:55:42

Collection: texts

Contributor: @smithsonianlibraries

Homepage: https://librariesarchives.si.edu

Identifier: smithsonian

Mediatype: collection

Publicdate: 2009-08-03 20:57:03

Summary: Digitized materials from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (SLA) are available in SLA's Digital Library and this corresponding Internet Archive smithsonian collection, which generally excludes natural history subject areas. SLA's digitized natural history materials can be found in the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) and in the equivalent Internet Archive biodiversity collection.

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